"κέντρον" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /kén.tron/, /ˈcen.tron/, /ˈcen.dron/, /kén.tron/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈken.tron/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈcen.tron/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈcen.tron/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈcen.dron/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-r-om (“pointed tool”), from *ḱent- (“to prick; point”); direct cognate with Albanian çandër (“forked pole”) and probably Old Armenian սանտր (santr), սանդր (sandr, “comb”). Equivalent to κεντέω (kentéō, “I sting”) + -τρον (-tron). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*ḱentrom|*ḱent-r-om|pointed tool}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-r-om (“pointed tool”), {{m|ine-pro|*ḱent-||to prick; point}} *ḱent- (“to prick; point”), {{cog|sq|çandër||forked pole}} Albanian çandër (“forked pole”), {{cog|xcl|սանտր}} Old Armenian սանտր (santr), {{m|xcl|սանդր||comb}} սանդր (sandr, “comb”), {{affix|grc|κεντέω|-τρον|gloss1=I sting}} κεντέω (kentéō, “I sting”) + -τρον (-tron) Head templates: {{grc-noun|κέντρου|n|second}} κέντρον • (kéntron) n (genitive κέντρου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κέντρον|ου}} Forms: kéntron [romanization], κέντρου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ κέντρον [nominative, singular], τὼ κέντρω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ κέντρᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ κέντρου [genitive, singular], τοῖν κέντροιν [dual, genitive], τῶν κέντρων [genitive, plural], τῷ κέντρῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν κέντροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κέντροις [dative, plural], τὸ κέντρον [accusative, singular], τὼ κέντρω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ κέντρᾰ [accusative, plural], κέντρον [singular, vocative], κέντρω [dual, vocative], κέντρᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur
    Sense id: en-κέντρον-grc-noun-cxWTrZTy
  2. sting, quill, thorn
    Sense id: en-κέντρον-grc-noun-nZ0m9mdZ Categories (other): Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 12 33 13 9 25 5 5
  3. Torture device or instrument of motivation: whip, goad
    Sense id: en-κέντρον-grc-noun-zL7EWHpB
  4. nail, rivet
    Sense id: en-κέντρον-grc-noun-W2p8s2NG
  5. stationary point of a pair of compasses
    Sense id: en-κέντρον-grc-noun-GS-mn0zR Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τρον, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 27 17 6 5 40 2 2 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τρον: 16 25 10 8 34 4 4 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 17 19 7 5 46 3 3
  6. center of a circle
    Sense id: en-κέντρον-grc-noun-wLfvAOPq
  7. (figuratively, vulgar) penis Tags: figuratively, vulgar
    Sense id: en-κέντρον-grc-noun-9pUtbu9V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: κεστός (kestós)

Inflected forms

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    },
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          "expansion": "→ Georgian: კენტრო (ḳenṭro)",
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        }
      ],
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Armenian: կենտրոն (kentron), կեդրոն (kedron)"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
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        "1": "sq",
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      "form": "kéntron",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    {
      "form": "κέντρου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    {
      "form": "τὸ κέντρον",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τὼ κέντρω",
      "roman": "tṑ kéntrō",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "nominative"
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      "form": "τᾰ̀ κέντρᾰ",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "τοῦ κέντρου",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "genitive"
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      "form": "τῶν κέντρων",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "τῷ κέντρῳ",
      "roman": "tôi kéntrōi",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "τοῖν κέντροιν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "dual"
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "τὸ κέντρον",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "τὼ κέντρω",
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        "dual"
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        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
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      "form": "κέντρᾰ",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
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      "name": "grc-noun"
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kestós",
      "word": "κεστός"
    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέντρον-grc-noun-cxWTrZTy",
      "links": [
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "spike",
          "spike"
        ],
        [
          "spur",
          "spur"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 33 13 9 25 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sting, quill, thorn"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέντρον-grc-noun-nZ0m9mdZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "sting",
          "sting"
        ],
        [
          "quill",
          "quill"
        ],
        [
          "thorn",
          "thorn"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Torture device or instrument of motivation: whip, goad"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέντρον-grc-noun-zL7EWHpB",
      "links": [
        [
          "whip",
          "whip"
        ],
        [
          "goad",
          "goad"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nail, rivet"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέντρον-grc-noun-W2p8s2NG",
      "links": [
        [
          "nail",
          "nail"
        ],
        [
          "rivet",
          "rivet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 17 6 5 40 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 25 10 8 34 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τρον",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 19 7 5 46 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stationary point of a pair of compasses"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέντρον-grc-noun-GS-mn0zR",
      "links": [
        [
          "pair of compasses",
          "pair of compasses"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "center of a circle"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέντρον-grc-noun-wLfvAOPq",
      "links": [
        [
          "center",
          "center"
        ],
        [
          "circle",
          "circle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You're sticking your prick in an unholy hole.",
          "ref": "Sotades on Ptolemy II's incestuous marriage, cited by Plutarch, De liberis educandis 11a, and Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 14.621a",
          "roman": "eis oukh hosíēn trumaliḕn tò kéntron ōtheîs.",
          "text": "εἰς οὐχ ὁσίην τρυμαλιὴν τὸ κέντρον ὠθεῖς.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "penis"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέντρον-grc-noun-9pUtbu9V",
      "links": [
        [
          "penis",
          "penis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, vulgar) penis"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/kén.tron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcen.tron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcen.dron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kén.tron/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈken.tron/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcen.tron/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcen.tron/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcen.dron/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κέντρον"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τρον",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
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          "name": "desc"
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    {
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "კენტრო",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: კენტრო (ḳenṭro)"
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "κέντρο"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: κέντρο (kéntro)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "centrum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: centrum",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: centrum (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "կենդրովն",
            "3": "կենտրովն",
            "4": "կենտրոն",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: կենդրովն (kendrovn), կենտրովն (kentrovn), կենտրոն (kentron)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: կենդրովն (kendrovn), կենտրովն (kentrovn), կենտրոն (kentron)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "կենտրոն",
            "3": "կեդրոն"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: կենտրոն (kentron), կեդրոն (kedron)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: կենտրոն (kentron), կեդրոն (kedron)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "केन्द्र",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sanskrit: केन्द्र (kendra)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sanskrit: केन्द्र (kendra) (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱentrom",
        "4": "*ḱent-r-om",
        "5": "pointed tool"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-r-om (“pointed tool”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*ḱent-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to prick; point"
      },
      "expansion": "*ḱent- (“to prick; point”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "çandër",
        "3": "",
        "4": "forked pole"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian çandër (“forked pole”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "սանտր"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian սանտր (santr)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "սանդր",
        "3": "",
        "4": "comb"
      },
      "expansion": "սանդր (sandr, “comb”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κεντέω",
        "3": "-τρον",
        "gloss1": "I sting"
      },
      "expansion": "κεντέω (kentéō, “I sting”) + -τρον (-tron)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-r-om (“pointed tool”), from *ḱent- (“to prick; point”); direct cognate with Albanian çandër (“forked pole”) and probably Old Armenian սանտր (santr), սանդր (sandr, “comb”).\nEquivalent to κεντέω (kentéō, “I sting”) + -τρον (-tron).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kéntron",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέντρου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ κέντρον",
      "roman": "tò kéntron",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κέντρω",
      "roman": "tṑ kéntrō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ κέντρᾰ",
      "roman": "tà kéntra",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κέντρου",
      "roman": "toû kéntrou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κέντροιν",
      "roman": "toîn kéntroin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν κέντρων",
      "roman": "tôn kéntrōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κέντρῳ",
      "roman": "tôi kéntrōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κέντροιν",
      "roman": "toîn kéntroin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κέντροις",
      "roman": "toîs kéntrois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ κέντρον",
      "roman": "tò kéntron",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κέντρω",
      "roman": "tṑ kéntrō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ κέντρᾰ",
      "roman": "tà kéntra",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέντρον",
      "roman": "kéntron",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέντρω",
      "roman": "kéntrō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέντρᾰ",
      "roman": "kéntra",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κέντρου",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "κέντρον • (kéntron) n (genitive κέντρου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κέντρον",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "kestós",
      "word": "κεστός"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "spike",
          "spike"
        ],
        [
          "spur",
          "spur"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sting, quill, thorn"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sting",
          "sting"
        ],
        [
          "quill",
          "quill"
        ],
        [
          "thorn",
          "thorn"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Torture device or instrument of motivation: whip, goad"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whip",
          "whip"
        ],
        [
          "goad",
          "goad"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nail, rivet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nail",
          "nail"
        ],
        [
          "rivet",
          "rivet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stationary point of a pair of compasses"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pair of compasses",
          "pair of compasses"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "center of a circle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "center",
          "center"
        ],
        [
          "circle",
          "circle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Ancient Greek vulgarities"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You're sticking your prick in an unholy hole.",
          "ref": "Sotades on Ptolemy II's incestuous marriage, cited by Plutarch, De liberis educandis 11a, and Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 14.621a",
          "roman": "eis oukh hosíēn trumaliḕn tò kéntron ōtheîs.",
          "text": "εἰς οὐχ ὁσίην τρυμαλιὴν τὸ κέντρον ὠθεῖς.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "penis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "penis",
          "penis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, vulgar) penis"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kén.tron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcen.tron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcen.dron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kén.tron/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈken.tron/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcen.tron/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcen.tron/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcen.dron/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κέντρον"
}

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